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The Great Political Car

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In 1844 Thomas W. Dorr was tried for treason, found guilty and sentence to life in prison. Dorr's liberation became a major issue in the 1845 state elections, with 'liberation' Whigs and Dorr Democrats uniting to oppose the Law and Order party and its incumbent governor, James Fenner. Breaking ranks with the Law and Order party were state representatives Charles Jackson, and Samuel Mann, United States Senator James Simmons and former governor Lemuel Arnold. These men formed a temporary coalition with Dorr Democrats to elect Jackson as governor; Dorr was subsequently released from prison in June of 1845.

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In 1844 Thomas W. Dorr was tried for treason, found guilty and sentence to life in prison. Dorr's liberation became a major issue in the 1845 state elections, with 'liberation' Whigs and Dorr Democrats uniting to oppose the Law and Order party and its incumbent governor, James Fenner. Breaking ranks with the Law and Order party were state representatives Charles Jackson, and Samuel Mann, United States Senator James Simmons and former governor Lemuel Arnold. These men formed a temporary coalition with Dorr Democrats to elect Jackson as governor; Dorr was subsequently released from prison in June of 1845.